Friday, July 24, 2009

Delicious Diva Cooks- Footprints Friday Rasta Pasta & Jerk Chicken

" A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." - Arabian Proverb

Today is Friday. Ahem. I mean, its Footprints Friday! AMEN! My favorite day of the week! A day to rush from the office at 1pm to meet up with my girlies at our usual outside table to eat, drink, laugh, cry, bitch, and sometimes moan. We share stories, thoughts, dreams, goals, joys, and sadness. We encourage and uplift each other. We are loud. Q (not THAT Q...our waiter), has threatened to kick us out on more than one occasion. Many diners have requested to be moved inside to get away from us. We do not care. We're not there for them. We are there for sisterly-ship (not sure if that's a word, but WHATEVS)....I love Footprints Fridays. Its something to look forward to. A group of strong, beautiful, educated women who tell it like it is, and how it should be. How will I ever survive come September when summer Friday's are no more? I shudder to think of it. On a happy note, today's recipe is my adaptation of Footprints Famous Rasta Pasta. I hope you make this recipe and invite all your girls over for your very own Footprints Friday, or Saturday, or Sunday, or....you get the picture...... I love you, V

Ingredients: *Note- its best to cook your chicken before you get started on the penne)

Recipe: Place chicken in a large bowl of cold water with 1 cup of vinegar. Soak chicken for about an hour Pour off water and rinse chicken. Clean chicken by pulling off any feathers and fat Rinse chicken again Place chicken in bowl and season with spices. Use a fork to scoop jerk seasoning on the chicken. The more you use, the hotter the chicken will be. Use your hands to rub chicken so the spices coat all pieces evenly. Put chicken in the fridge to marinate.

Make sure you wash your hands very well! The jerk seasoning with kill you if it gets in your eyes! (ok, maybe not kill, but it will hurt like hell)

For chicken: Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Place chicken in a baking pan (spray with a little Spam to avoid sticking).

Cover chicken with aluminum foil and bake for 35-40 minutes.

Remove aluminum, and pour off any excess water in pan. Turn oven to 450 degrees and place chicken back in oven, uncovered.

I've been craving Footprints forever. Miss the one in Coney Island so much. My every Sunday spot!!!! I decided to attempt to make it, and who first came to my mind??? The Delicious Diva and boom there it was her recipe. Well here it goes. Not much of a fan of jerk chicken. but her food is always soooo good & yummy. Tune in to see how it turns out............

This is so NOT how Footprints make it. I am sure your version is tasty but if you are going to use the "Footprints" name at least do it like they do and I am coming with the knowledge that a previous Footprint's chef told me.